Everybody Wants To Rule the World by Lorde

Post a cover that’s done in a different style than the original version. I do love a cover version and finding songs that re-interpret the original is always a joy. Johnny Cash covering Hurt by Nine Inch Nails could be considered a recent benchmark, but cover versions have been going on since recording music began. Finding songs in a different style is twice as much fun so while Lulu’s Shout is a classic cover, it’s not all that different. Liamne La Havas covered Weird Fishes by Radiohead and it’s a joy but it’s not wholly different from the original (it is better IMO though). So for this prompt I go to a band that has been covered a few times, the most prominent likely the cover of Mad World by Gary Jules but I’m not choosing that either. Making a song acoustic isn’t a big enough leap I don’t think, nor is upping the orchestration even though the cover of Sound of Silence by Distrubed is utterly epic. No I think a re-styling of a song gives it a new feel — think Mike Flowers campy…

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